CDC had to furlough 8,754 people. They protected you yesterday, can’t tomorrow. Microbes/other threats didn’t shut down. We are less safe.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrFriedenCDC) October 2, 2013
While the shutdown puts as much as 70 percent of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on furlough, Athenahealth will use its big data to share reports on the flu and other communicable diseases. With information from more than 40 million patient records and 44,000 providers, the company will monitor and share population health information to bridge the shutdown gap.
“The CDC normally provides weekly reports on flu activity across the country. This information is critical to effectively track outbreaks and encourage public vaccination,” Josh Gray, vice president of athenaResearch at athenahealth, said in a release. “Every season is unpredictable. We hope the CDC is restored to full capacity as soon as possible. In the meantime we’ll leverage athenahealth’s cloud-based technology to report on disease patterns across our national network.”
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